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New traffic data showed that online sports betting operators in Russia have been enjoying a sustained post-World Cup rise in visits to their websites. 1xBet topped October’s chart with 9.7m visits for the month, followed by Fonbet (8.4m). Third-place finisher Liga Stavok was well back with 3.65m, while the rest of the top-five consisted of WinLine (3.35m) and BetCity (2.75m).

Congratulations to Romain Arnaud for taking down the PokerStars Red Dragon Super High Roller event at the Landing Casino in South Korea. The $54,000 buy-in event proved to be very popular, creating a prize pool of around $2.23m. Arnaud struck gold and pocketed the top prize worth $668,000.